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APPLICATIONS!

Currently: Open!
Applications are checked roughly weekly unless otherwise stated.

We ask that potential applicants post their application in comments rather than linking. If their application contains explicit references to 'hard' spoilers (character death, unforeseen plot twists, big reveals, he was evil all along etc), players should put the application in their own journal or their character's journal and link it, making sure to mention the presence of spoilers within. For further clarification on our spoilers policy and whether or not your application needs to be linked, please check this page. Thank you for your cooperation!

The comment character limit on Dreamwidth is 16,000 characters so apps no longer need to be split into multiple comments; however this is at players' discretion.

While players are welcome to play multiple characters (five characters maximum are allowed per player!), please only apply for one character at a time, and wait for a decision before submitting another application!

A reminder for those waiting to hear back: Please don't be worried if we skip yours while going through them. It only means we needed a little more time to research!

Please use the form below to apply! If you have any questions, feel free to ask any of the mods.

Helpful links!
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Please do not app a character from either of these unless you reserved them!
Starter Pokémon!
A compiled list of the starter Pokémon to choose from offered in Victory Road!
Word Count Tool!
Word count! It has other pointless stats too.
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Player
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Preferred Contact: Plurk, AIM, personal journal, PM, etc.
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Current Characters in Victory Road:

Character
Name:
Series:
Timeline:
Canon Resource Links: Here we would have the links to wikis and other information sites. If none of those seem to provide enough information, feel free to add more about the character here. However, please do not use this section as a full history section unless your canon is ridiculously obscure. General rule of thumb: if there are a good amount of descriptive resources, please just link them and use this section to add in what may have been left out, as opposed to writing an entire history section.

Original Character Background: THIS SECTION IS FOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS AND CUSTOMIZABLE/SILENT PROTAGONISTS ONLY! In lieu of canon resources, please write for us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs describing the following for your character:
- Their world (OCs): Is it magic? Medieval? Futuristic? An Earth like ours?
- Their history (OCs and customizable/silent protagonists): What have been the key events in their lives to date? What kind of background do they have?
- For customizable/silent protagonists: How are you justifying your portrayal of the character? What is your in-canon evidence? Please explain how, if your character lacks dialogue or a set background, you determined their history and personality.

Personality: Give us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs of how you understand your character's personality. Talk about basic characteristics, any major developments over the course of their canon, their motives, their social behavior, strengths and weaknesses, and anything else you can think of that shows off your knowledge of this character.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: What career path will your character be taking? Breeder, Trainer? Or maybe even down the dark path of becoming a member of Team Rocket? Note: All Rocket members start as grunts. (For right now, only those three positions are available, whether your character chooses to follow their assigned path or not.)
Starter: What starter Pokémon do you want your character to have? Please use the list linked above to choose from.

Samples
RP Sample: The sample must be a thread, with at least five comments from you, that you have made anywhere with this character in the last four months at the canon point you have chosen for said character. Linking to a post or log containing multiple threads will also suffice, as long as at least one of the threads has the required number of comments. This thread sample can be in any format (e.g. network post, prose log, actionspam, Dear Mun post, and so on). While it does not have to be set in Victory Road's setting, you can use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, as long as it's a different thread than one used for the second sample below. What we are looking for here is grasp of your character's voice and a sense of how you operate as a role-player. If we feel that the sample provided is not adequate, we reserve the right to ask for another.

Victory Road Sample: This sample must take place in Victory Road's setting and can be EITHER a written post OR another thread if you would prefer not to write a post. The minimum is 300 words for a prose sample, eight sentences for a network post/actionspam sample, or ten comments total (five from you) in an RP sample. What we are looking for here is how the character responds to the Pokéworld's setting. You can also use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, but you cannot use the same top-level for the first sample above.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Player
Name: elle.
E-mail: laorpheline@gmail.com
Preferred Contact: legion.fulminante#0853
Timezone: est.
Current Characters in Victory Road: amaterasu | valkyrie connect

Character
Name: mai valentine.
Series: yu-gi-oh!
Timeline: life re-evaluation.
Canon Resource Links: history link.

Personality: when she's first introduced, she's a very selfish person who is only keen to duel for a payout of money rather than the love of the game. she seeks power and uses her arrogance to her advantage with how much she believes she can with by relying on her "psychic" method to play the game. in reality, she's used various perfumes on her cards so she knows which card is coming up ahead of time and appears to be psychic.

she's very vain and tends to use her looks to get the things she wants, especially from men. her confidence is very much a shield though because in her youth, loneliness and emptiness formed and ingrained itself without her due to parents who weren't there for her. she never really learned how to be a kind, caring person and that stuck with her all the way into adulthood. even when she's grown, she remains lonely and sad behind the mask of vanity. mai lets her despair take control of herself to the point that she considers the harpy ladies cards her only friends. it isn't until yugi muto helps her in the duelist kingdom tournament that she allows her walls to begin to come down. over the time spent with him and the gang, she slowly lowers her guard more and more until she finally feels as though she's made some actual friends.

as she opens up more and more, she even develops some feelings for joey wheeler but holds them close to her chest. she remains guarded about having feelings for someone and instead retreats into herself, using sass and teasing as methods to avoid breaching the subject with pretty much anyone.

in spite of the growth she displays thanks to yugi and the gang, she tends to let her loneliness eat her confidence away several times throughout the series. although she does feel like the others have become friends, mai lets herself be overwhelmed with emptiness when she attempts to duel marik ishtar. each time she loses a monster, due to it being a shadow game, she ends up alone and lost in the darkness of the shadow game. this brings back her despair and emotions about being mistreated by her parents and as though the friendships she formed were nothing more than something she built up in her mind.

strong-willed, mai has been somewhat forced to become an independent person who is not afraid to put in a day of hard work due to her parents and her abandonment issues. she is determined to show the world that she can make it on her own and make a name for herself in doing so. as such, part of her "take nothing" attitude causes her to be rather blunt when she needs to be— or is teasing someone ~~joey wheeler~~. as time progresses, perhaps in large part because she does long for companionship and to be able to say she has "real friends," she opens up and becomes more compassionate and kinder than she previously had been when first met by the gang. it's through watching the gang being ready to do whatever they can for one another that she realizes they are her friends and she can also protect them if the need arises.

you can see that form of protection and kindness when she has a moment of charity as she gives her qualifying star chips to yugi muto so he can continue in the tournament to save his grandfather. she also shows some sympathy for joey and grants him her entry fee card so he can get in, too, because he wants to save his little sister. although she would deny it, mai has a moral code where she doesn't allow her friends— whether she admits to having them or not— get into binds they otherwise can't get out of.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: trainer.
Starter: gothita.
Password: atomic fireball.

Samples
RP Sample: tdm sample

Victory Road Sample: tdm sample

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.

Now that you've been accepted...
[○] Respond to this with your character's journal. This is a must!
[○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: Here.
[○] Join the following communities:

victory_road,

the_plateau, and

ohmyarceus. Only Team Rocket personnel should join

silph_co, but we ask that all Victory Road members subscribe to it.
Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places.
[○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted.
[○] Please make sure to check out the Calendar for the weather and upcoming plots and swarms!
[○] You can also find our mod plurk at

victoryroad; if you have a Plurk, we suggest you become a fan!

We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!

Thank you! See you in the Pokémon world!

this is mai's journal.

ladyharpist

APPLICATIONS

mai valentine | yu-gi-oh!

ACCEPTED!

Re: ACCEPTED!